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On the EU’s Belarus border, security and rights collide

Lukashenka’s thrashing around in Eastern Europe forces progressives to offer a positive alternative on security

By Weronika Grzebalska

Canva

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A relationship without commitment

The US-Ukrainian Strategic Partnership is off to a wonky start. Only time will tell how effective the meeting between Biden and Zelensky really was

By Valerii Kalnysh

Reuters

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Why 9/11 did not change America

For all of the talk about how America would never be the same, 9/11 did not fundamentally change America. US culture simply absorbed the attack

By Jeremy Shapiro

Reuters

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MERCOSUR's regionalisation pandemic

While the trade agreement with MERCOSUR is still being discussed in the EU, the future of the entire bloc is at stake

By Dörte Wollrad, Viviana Barreto

Reuters

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Do we still have to fear the Islamic State?

The Islamic State's terrorist network has been significantly weakened in recent years. But that doesn't mean it's finished yet

By Mohammad Abu Rumman

Reuters

Interviews

'There will soon be normal relations with the Taliban'

Journalist Emran Feroz on corruption in the former Afghan administration, the moral failure of the West, and normalising relations with the Taliban

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Eastern Europe's déjà vu

30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries are again becoming hostages of powerful states

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

Reuters

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A grey eminence with a dark history

With new President Ebrahim Raisi and his cabinet, Iran's conservatives now hold all levers of power. This will complicate relations with the West

By Rouzbeh Parsi

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Afghanistan is drifting into an uncertain future

After the NATO withdrawal, the Taliban are creating facts on the ground — and seek international support for a future return to power

By Magdalena Kirchner

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Ukraine's African connection

With the fall of the Soviet Union, the once strong relations between Ukraine and African countries have come to a halt. It's time for a fresh start

By Andri Veselovsky